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07/07/2018

Russian duos storm into Anapa final four

Anapa, Russia, July 7, 2018 – Russian teams confirmed their dominant role at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Anapa Open as four home sides progressed to the women’s semifinals on Saturday at the VolleyGrad Beach Sports Centre.

As many as seven Russian teams contested the women’s quarterfinals, where Ekaterina Birlova/Evgenia Ukolova beat Cuba’s Leila Martinez/Mailen Deliz 2-0 (21-19, 21-15) to make sure Russia would complete a clean sweep of the medals.

“Frankly speaking, we did not expect to be that successful,” Mastikova said. “There are many other strong teams competing here but we are obviously happy, especially since this is only our first tournament together.”